Jun 26, 2017 | Shift, Technology Integration
Mobile Learning Should Disrupt What ‘School’ Is by Terry Heick In education, we tend to think of mobile learning as learning in classrooms with tablets and smartphones. And that’s part of it. Students being able to untether themselves from desks is an extraordinary...
Jun 17, 2017 | Shift, Teaching
The Shift From Content To Purpose: A Continuum of Choice by TeachThought Staff What is the difference between a teacher-centered and learner-driven classroom? We’ve taken a look at examples of student-centered teaching before. It’s both a subtle (in theory) and...
Jun 12, 2017 | PBL, Shift
When School Is Nothing Like The World Students Live Inby Terry HeickReading recently through Edutopia’s resources on informal learning, the distinction between formal and informal learning resonated more strongly now than ever.As a classroom teacher, this difference...
Jun 5, 2017 | Shift, Teaching
What Teachers Can Changeby Terry HeickJohn Hattie’s Visible Learning meta-analyses is can’t-miss reading on teaching and learning.In the book, Hattie extracts data from over 50,000 studies in an attempt to uncover what the data says works. In that way, he isn’t going...
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